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CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

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CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

Saturday, February 24, 2024

• Clinton Public Library sponsors Storytime each Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at the library for 4- and 5-year-old children. Pictured after Storytime were Sara Shepherd, daughter of Dr.

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Churches, nonprofits ensnared in push to restrict bail

Saturday, February 24, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — When she was behind bars in Georgia, Nia Thomas would use toothpaste to stick handwritten flyers to the wall and spread the word about community bail funds that could pay inmates' bonds, no strings attached.

Most Catholics have stopped worrying about saving souls

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Most Catholics have stopped worrying about saving souls

Saturday, February 24, 2024

As a rule, evangelists from Texas don't go shopping for bourbon before a speech. But that's what Marcel Le-Jeune and some friends did when the Catholic Missionary Disciples leader spoke at a Franciscan University conference last summer in Steubenville, Ohio.

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Some heroes don’t wear capes

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Capes are not really all that functional when examining the proper hero attire.There’s the possibility of tripping over oneself and it’s bound to get caught in the door of the spiffy “hero-mobile.

Antibiotics can help wipe out gut microbiome

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Antibiotics can help wipe out gut microbiome

Friday, February 23, 2024

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: I got a tick bite, and because there’s Lyme disease in our area, my doctor put me on antibiotics. It prevented Lyme disease, but I’m worried about what it did to my gut microbiome. How long does it take to recover? Can I do anything to help?

Sister doesn’t happen to like brother’s fiancee

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Sister doesn’t happen to like brother’s fiancee

Friday, February 23, 2024

DEAR HARRIETTE: My 32-year-old brother is finally getting married, but I don’t like his bride. I know that his life isn’t mine, so I should mind my business. However, I care about my brother and don’t want to see his life get messed up because of his bride-to-be.

Judge Engoron’s retribution for Trump

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Judge Engoron’s retribution for Trump

Friday, February 23, 2024

Donald Trump has just a few weeks to find a way to pay, or guarantee that he will pay, the $355 million fine that a New York judge imposed on him in the lawsuit brought by the state’s Democratic Attorney General Letitia James.

There’s nothing ‘normal’ about 2024

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There’s nothing ‘normal’ about 2024

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Does anybody really believe the United States is going to have a 'normal' presidential election in 2024, with Joe Biden and Donald Trump as the nominees and a peaceful resolution? Or will chaos and disorder take the nation to the brink, as MAGA supporters appear to wish?

No place for Haley in Trump’s party

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No place for Haley in Trump’s party

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Jerry Brown and Gary Hart did it. So did Ted Kennedy and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Also Henry Jackson and Jesse Jackson. Nelson Rockefeller did it and — going way, way back — so did Oscar Underwood.

Protection from sun can help appearance of aging

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Protection from sun can help appearance of aging

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: I'm 59 years old and have noticed that my skin is already getting fragile. I know it's a natural part of aging, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon. I'd like to know what causes skin to change with age, and also hear thoughts on caring for older skin.